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Table 11 Self-declared labour force participation and cognitive and non-cognitive skills

From: Personality, cognitive skills and life outcomes: evidence from the Polish follow-up study to PIAAC

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
Numeracy		0.005			0.005	0.008	0.007
Conscientiousness			0.119*		0.119*		0.107*
Extraversion			0.007		0.008		0.007
Agreeableness			− 0.084		− 0.084		− 0.080
Openness			0.013		0.013		0.013
Neuroticism			− 0.076***		− 0.076***		− 0.075***
Perseverance of effort				0.040		0.041	0.028
Consistency of interest				0.005		0.004	− 0.010
Age	0.189***	0.189***	0.184***	0.187***	0.184***	0.188***	0.184***
Age # age	− 0.002***	− 0.002***	− 0.002***	− 0.002***	− 0.002***	− 0.002***	− 0.002***
Female	− 0.383***	− 0.382***	− 0.360***	− 0.390***	− 0.359***	− 0.389***	− 0.363***
Years of education	0.049***	0.048***	0.047***	0.048***	0.046***	0.047***	0.046***
Constant	− 3.750***	− 3.742***	− 3.634***	− 3.701***	− 3.625***	− 3.688***	− 3.620***
Observations	4452	4452	4452	4452	4452	4452	4452
R ²	0.301	0.301	0.309	0.303	0.309	0.303	0.309

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Dependent variable, numeracy and non-cognitive skills are standardised

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